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Aguascalientes

Mexico
City population
722,250
#24
in Mexico
#1
in Aguascalientes
#767
worldwide
Mexico CityAguascalientes
21.883, -102.284 · 427 km from Mexico City
Share of Mexico
0.5%
Of the national population
Elevation
1,885 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
427 km
To Mexico City
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
IANA zone identifier

About Aguascalientes

At an elevation of 1,885 m, Aguascalientes has a population of 722,250 and ranks 24th among Mexico's 625 listed cities. The city accounts for 0.5% of Mexico's national population and lies 427 km from Mexico City. Jesús María, the nearest listed city, sits 11 km away with a population of 43,012.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Mexico
#24of 625
LargestSmallest
Position in Aguascalientes
#1of 6
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Mexico
Region
Aguascalientes
Rank in region
#1of 6
Coordinates
21.883, -102.284
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 625 in Mexico

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

21KMSan Francisco de los Romo16K people29KMPabellón de Arteaga29K people39KMRincón de Romos28K people39KMVilla Hidalgo15K people40KMEncarnación de Díaz25K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Aguascalientes722K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Aguascalientes compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Aguascalientes722K

Aguascalientes Population FAQ

What is the population of Aguascalientes?

Aguascalientes has a city population of 722,250. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Aguascalientes?

Aguascalientes is in Aguascalientes, Mexico, 427 km from the capital, Mexico City. Its coordinates are 21.883, -102.284.

How big is Aguascalientes compared with other cities in Mexico?

It is the 24th largest of the 625 cities listed in Mexico, holding 0.5% of the national population.

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